Behavior Flashcards
(14 cards)
What needs are physiological?
Food, air, shelter, and water
Explain the rut-in-the-road theory.
The rut-in-the-road theory is that when a message uses a nerve path frequently it gets easier to use.
Define Intelligence.
Intelligence is having the ability to see a situation that is presented and being able to solve it using insight, memory, reasoning, judgement, inventiveness, and logic. To have intelligence is to be able to think and to put things together to solve a problem.
Define creativity.
Creativity is being yourself and having an imagination. It is being inventive, original, and different.
For a RIGHT HANDED person, motor control, speech, and logical thinking are controlled by the ____ side of the _____ of the brain.
Left side; cerebrum
What are the three things you need to do to maximize learning ability.
- Good Diet
- Enough Exercise.
- Adequate amount of sleep (9 hours).
What do the initials REM stand for in “REM sleep”?
Rapid Eye Movement.
What happens during REM sleep that makes it important for learning?
REM sleep provides time for our brain to store what we have just learned into our long term memory.
What is motivation?
the cause for one’s person’s actions.
Does motivation hinder or help learning?
help
In one word, what are emotions?
feelings
What is a placebo and how does it work?
A placebo looks like a real medicine and thought to be the real medicine, but they really aren’t. They have no physical effect. People believe they are real and therefore think they are cured.
Name four physiological changes that occur in your body in response to fear?
- Your heart beats faster
- Your breathe more rapidly
- Stored glycogen is broken down to glucose.
- You get goosebumps.
What are some possible mental and physical dangers of constantly repressing our emotions?
stress, damaged tissue, all the anger explodes all at once.
